[kj] Marilyn Manson namecheck

[Alex Smith]

I've never been an especially great fan of Marilyn Manson's. He's released the odd bit here and there that I've enjoyed, but I always felt he was trying way too hard (see also Billy Corgan). He also recently covered "Stigmata" by Ministry, which felt like an entirely needless exercise.

But when asked to describe his new album, he rattles off the names of artists and albums that, I assume, he feels it's akin to? That's pretty bold .... and lazy.

Alex in NYC





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>From: Jim Harper via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
>Sent: Sep 22, 2017 8:01 AM
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>Cc: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [kj] Marilyn Manson namecheck
>
>As long as he's making music I halfway enjoy, I'll be happy he's still out there. Importance and relevance have long since faded from my list of musical requirements!
>
>Having said that, I doubt his new album will come anywhere close to Indochine's amazing '13', easily the 2017's best album.
>
>Jim.
>
>On Fri, 22/9/17, Stephen Robinson via Gathering <gathering at misera.net> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [kj] Marilyn Manson namecheck
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
> Cc: "Stephen Robinson" <greyquad405 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: Friday, 22 September, 2017, 18:52
> 
> So? The time
> from since Marilyn Manson was in any vague way important is
> now greater than the time from Joy Division to Marilyn
> Manson.
> 
> Possibly. I’ve not actually done the
> maths, to be honest, But it’s only Justin Bieber keeping
> him relevant these days.
>  On 22
> Sep 2017, at 10:21, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Guardian interview
> 
> "He is midway through a European
> festival tour and promoting his 
> forthcoming eighth album, Heaven Upside Down, a work he
> describes as 
> “hard, punk rock, Killing Joke, Joy Division, Bauhaus,
> Scary Monsters”
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/21/columbine-destroyed-my-entire-career-marilyn-manson-on-the-perils-of-being-the-lord-of-darkness
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